All the films and specials airing on Christmas Day

Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays, and the couch is exactly where we want to spend Christmas Day (with the exception of moving to the table for dinner).

Though you've a host of TV shows and films at your fingertips through streaming services like Netflix and Disney+, there's nothing quite like having to have your bum in a seat at a specific time to catch your favourite flick on the small screen.

Across RTÉ, Virgin Media, the BBC and Channel 4, there's something for everyone to sink their teeth into this Christmas. Take a look at all the Christmas specials and films airing on December 25:

• Fantastic Mr Fox | 11.45am | TG4
• White Christmas | 1pm | BBC Two
• Paddington | 2.05pm | RTÉ One
• Frozen 2 | 3.10pm | Channel 4
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | 3.35pm | RTÉ One
• Gladiators: Christmas Special | 3.35pm | BBC One

• Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | 4.10pm | Virgin Media One
• To Catch a Thief | 4.10pm | RTÉ 2
• Kung Fu Panda | 5.20pm | TG4
• Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special | 5.30pm | BBC One
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 5.50pm | Channel 4
• Raiders of the Lost Ark | 5.55pm |RTÉ 2
• Wonka | 6.15pm | RTÉ One

• Michael McIntyre's Christmas Wheel | 6.45pm | BBC One
• Emmerdale | 7.10pm | Virgin Media One
• EastEnders | 7.45pm | RTÉ 2 and BBC One
• The Great Christmas Bake Off 2025 | 8pm | Channel 4
• Coronation Street | 8.10pm | Virgin Media One
• The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show (1975) | 8.10pm | BBC Two

• Fair City | 8.15pm | RTÉ One
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 8.15pm | RTÉ 2
• Call the Widwife Christmas Special | 8.15pm |BBC One
• Gogglebox Ireland's Christmas Cracker | 9pm | Virgin Media Two
• Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special | 9.05pm | RTÉ One
• The Greatest Showman | 9.15pm | Virgin Media One

• Jaws | 9.15pm | BBC Two
• Amandaland Christmas Special | 9.45pm | BBC One
• Barbie | 9.40pm | RTÉ One
• EastEnders | 9.45pm | BBC One
• Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special | 10.15pm | BBC One
• EastEnders | 10.15pm | RTÉ 2

• Fast X | 10.45pm | RTÉ 2
• Notting Hill |11.15pm | Channel 4
• Belfast | 11.35pm | RTÉ One
• When Harry Met Sally | 11.35pm | BBC One
• Casablanca | 1.05am | RTÉ One

BBC's jam-packed Christmas schedule will have you glued to the telly